Patents by Inventor Fukuo KITAGAWA

Fukuo KITAGAWA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240133966
    Abstract: A battery measurement system includes: a battery including terminals and a housing case, and a battery measurement device. The battery measurement device includes: a signal control unit provided on a first electrical path connecting positive and negative electrode external terminals and configured to receive or apply an AC signal, a response signal input unit provided on a second electrical path connecting positive and negative electrodes of an electrode body and configured to receive a response signal to the AC signal, and a calculation unit configured to calculate complex impedance information based on the response signal. The second electrical path is wired from the response signal input unit toward the inside of the housing case so that a magnetic flux passage area surrounded by the electrode body and the second electrical path is smaller in magnitude than an area surrounded by the electrode body, the terminals and the housing case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fukuo KITAGAWA, Motomasa IIZUKA, Hisayoshi OTA, Masaaki KITAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200089261
    Abstract: A current control device includes a target setting unit, a storage unit, an oil pressure ratio calculation unit, a specific current detection unit and a correction unit. The target setting unit adds a dither amplitude to a target current so that the current of the solenoid periodically changes at a dither cycle period longer than a PWM cycle period of the solenoid. The storage unit stores a stroke-current relationship between a stroke of the spool and the current of the solenoid. The oil pressure ratio calculation unit calculates an oil pressure ratio which is a value calculated by dividing an amplitude of the output oil pressure by an average value of the output oil pressure. The specific current detection unit detects a specific current based on the oil pressure ratio. The correction unit corrects the stroke-current relationship based on the specific stroke and the specific current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki KONO, Yusuke KIMURA, Fukuo KITAGAWA, Takahiro TOMEDA, Tadayoshi NAKASE, Shinichi KONDO, Kazuhiro SASAO, Masato ARAI, Motoyoshi ANDO
  • Publication number: 20200088309
    Abstract: A spool valve unit includes a sleeve member having a high-pressure port and a low-pressure port, a spool member movably accommodated in the sleeve member in an axial direction, and a spring member for biasing the spool member in a first axial direction. The spool valve unit produces an intermediate fluid pressure to be outputted to an outside of the spool valve unit, when electromagnetic force is applied to the spool member so that the spool member is moved at a high speed between the high-pressure port and the low-pressure port. The spring member is composed of a non-linear spring, a biasing force of which is non-linearly changed with respect to a displacement of the spool member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Masaaki KONO, Takahiro TOMEDA, Fukuo KITAGAWA, Yusuke KIMURA, Tadayoshi NAKASE, Shinichi KONDO, Kazuhiro SASAO, Masato ARAI, Motoyoshi ANDO
  • Patent number: 8534260
    Abstract: A sub-injector injects liquid fuel into a vaporized-fuel chamber of a vaporized-fuel tank. The injected liquid fuel is vaporized in the vaporized-fuel chamber. The generated vaporized fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber through a vaporized-fuel passage. A supply of the vaporized fuel to the combustion chamber is controlled by a purge valve. Thereby, the vaporized fuel can be precisely supplied to the engine at a start of engine, so that emission can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu Kawano, Toru Kosuda, Yasuo Kato, Fukuo Kitagawa, Motomasa Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20120216779
    Abstract: A fuel supply device includes: an injector that injects and supplies fuel to an engine; a pressure accumulator communicating with a cylinder of the engine through a communication passage; a valve that opens or closes the communication passage; and a controller that controls the injector and the valve. When the engine is rotated, an air-fuel mixture is compressed in the cylinder, and an accumulating portion of the controller accumulates the air-fuel mixture in the pressure accumulator. When the engine is restarted, a supplying portion of the controller supplies the air-fuel mixture accumulated in the pressure accumulator to the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicants: NIPPON SOKEN, INC., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu KAWANO, Takumi Kataoka, Fukuo Kitagawa, Yasuo Kato
  • Publication number: 20110197850
    Abstract: A sub-injector injects liquid fuel into a vaporized-fuel chamber of a vaporized-fuel tank. The injected liquid fuel is vaporized in the vaporized-fuel chamber. The generated vaporized fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber through a vaporized-fuel passage. A supply of the vaporized fuel to the combustion chamber is controlled by a purge valve. Thereby, the vaporized fuel can be precisely supplied to the engine at a start of engine, so that emission can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Takanobu KAWANO, Toru KOSUDA, Yasuo KATO, Fukuo KITAGAWA, Motomasa IIZUKA